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Chapter 13 Multiple-Choice Questions 1. What are the two general categories of aging identified by researchers? A) decline and compensation B) aerobic and anaerobic C) individual and cohort comparative D) primary and secondary Difficulty: 1 QuestionID: 13-1-01 Page-Reference: 351-352 Skill: Knowledge Answer: D) primary and secondary 2. Which of the following terms represents the basic, underlying, inevitable processes of physical change that affect all human beings? A) quality adjusted life years B) senescence C) primary aging D) secondary aging Difficulty: 1 QuestionID: 13-1-02 Page-Reference: 351 Skill: Knowledge Answer: C) primary aging 3. Which of the following terms represents the age-related changes that are due to social and environmental influences, poor health habits, or disease? A) secondary aging B) derivative senescence C) primary aging D) compensatory decline Difficulty: 1 QuestionID: 13-1-03 Page-Reference: 352 Skill: Knowledge Answer: A) secondary aging 4. Among Canadians, which statement best represents the relationship between good health/lower mortality rates and degree of income inequality? A) Universal health care negates many of the effects of income inequity. B) Universally, the rich are generally healthier, happier, and live longer than the poor. C) Health habits rather than income affect overall good health and mortality rates. D) Public health campaigns to increase awareness of the health benefits of diet, exercise, and not smoking have significantly lessened the traditional income inequity impacts. Difficulty: 3 QuestionID: 13-1-04 Page-Reference: 352 Skill: Comprehension

Answer: A) Universal health care negates many of the effects of income inequity. 5. Neuropsychologists believe that the brain development of early adulthood leads to increased capacities for ________ and ________. A) concrete operations; perception-bound reasoning B) emotional intelligence; verbal expression C) critical thinking; abstract reasoning D) formal operational thinking; abstract reasoning Difficulty: 2 QuestionID: 13-1-05 Page-Reference: 354 Skill: Knowledge Answer: D) formal operational thinking; abstract reasoning 6. The loss of speed that is the hallmark of primary aging in adulthood is based upon age-based changes in the ________ system. A) cardiovascular B) limbic C) endocrine D) nervous Difficulty: 2 QuestionID: 13-1-06 Page-Reference: 356 Skill: Knowledge Answer: A) cardiovascular 7. Which of the following is an example of primary aging? A) atherosclerosis B) loss of ability to hear very high and very low tones C) cancer D) increased maximum oxygen uptake Difficulty: 2 QuestionID: 13-1-07 Page-Reference: 356 Skill: Knowledge Answer: B) loss of ability to hear very high and very low tones 8. Which of the following is NOT an example of primary aging? A) decreased insulin production resulting in diabetes B) loss of "fast twitch" muscle fibres used for bursts of strength or speed C) thickening of the lens of the eye and loss of accommodative power D) compression of disks of the spine resulting in loss of height Difficulty: 2 QuestionID: 13-1-08 Page-Reference: 356 Skill: Analysis Answer: A) decreased insulin production resulting in diabetes...